This thread takes me back to the days when I was living in a tiny attic apartment in Chicago. The first summer was brutal, I couldn't afford an air conditioner. I had like three fans on me at night, and I still had trouble sleeping.

By the second summer, I bought an air conditioner for my bedroom. The rest of the apartment would be steaming hot, but my bedroom was cold enough I could almost see my breath. I'd pull a cooler of beer into my room and watch baseball games on the tube, just so I wouldn't have to endure the heat in the rest of the apartment. Unfortunately, the bathroom was still hot hot hot...

By the third summer I had a second air conditioner so that the whole apartment was cool.

FYI-- Sears is having an appliance sale. AC units on sale and no payments or interest for a year. If the local store is sold out, they can be purchased through Sears.com and will be delivered to you home in a few days.

Ned Flanders wrote:FYI-- Sears is having an appliance sale. AC units on sale and no payments or interest for a year. If the local store is sold out, they can be purchased through Sears.com and will be delivered to you home in a few days.

Thanks, Ned. That's something to look into.
But no Stephen King reference?

Ned Flanders wrote:FYI-- Sears is having an appliance sale. AC units on sale and no payments or interest for a year. If the local store is sold out, they can be purchased through Sears.com and will be delivered to you home in a few days.

Thanks, Ned. That's something to look into. But no Stephen King reference?

OK since you asked nicely:

"Oh yes, we all float - and when you're down here with us, you'll float too!"

But seriously, check ou that Sears thing. We got a unit for our downstairs and one for the upstairs bedroom for approx $700 delivered right to our door.

Granted I don't have a huge room, but the 6,000 BTU window unit I snagged from Home Depot a couple years ago does an outstanding job in my apartment. Cost like $100. Not sure you have to spend an arm and a leg to get a couple rooms taken care of, depending on your house/apt.

I run it quite a bit, and my electric bill last month was $60, and that includes a PC that's on near 24/7. I expect a bit more this month due to the weather, but it's pretty efficient. Turns off when it gets to a certain temp, has a fan option to just pull air from outside on cool nights, etc.

Plus I can take it with me. I let it do 2 rooms when it's just the humidity. Lately, I close the door and just do 1 because otherwise it runs nonstop in this heat.

I moved in with the lady some months back. She has a nice little condo with central air. It is nice. Better then the shit-hole I rented in Middleton. The wall a/c was louder then hell and and never worked worth a damn.

Speaking of that shitty apartment...never in live Springtree Apartments in Middleton. They suck.

I would have toughed it out, but my poor pooch is ailing... and I couldn't stand the thought of her suffering through this heat.
So I broke down and bought a window unit.... for her, of course.
I do have to admit that I've slept much better since we got it.

That's why, today, I was only going to Farmer's Market, so I turned on the air. When I got back, I peeled off all my sweaty stuff and toweled off infront of the AC ! My landlord was painting outside (bless his heart) and the guy next house over was gardening! I've got a brick building, some shade, east facing side so I only run my air intermitently.